Music
The Tacoma hip-hop community is uncommon in that it is most often represented on a citywide scale not by its local rap music, but by its local graffiti and B-boy communities. These two communities along with Fab-5, the educational and community arts program that helps organize them, had a very
Music
As far as the masses are concerned, vinyl records were eclipsed by tapes decades ago. But records still hold a special place in hip-hop culture. Producers use them to "sample," which is to cut brief segments out of a record and piece them into a beat - a common method
Stage
Citizen Kane, widely regarded as the greatest American movie ever made, was nominated for but didn't win the Academy Award for Best Picture. United 93, to my mind one of the best films of the last decade, wasn't even nominated. Naming the "best" movie of the year says more about
Music
The present is a time when literally anything is possible - really crazy, sometimes scary shit. Information can pass from one end of the globe to the other in a fraction of a second. Music can be made and shared with an ease not just impossible, but unfathomable, only decades
Arts
ELIOT LIPP >>> Thursday, Dec. 30 One of Tacoma's most successful musical sons will be performing Thursday evening at The New Frontier Lounge. Eliot Lipp is one of the most looked-to artists in contemporary electronic music. Known for his unique take on hip-hop and house, Lipp has paid dues in underground scenes
Arts
It's a treacherous thing, this New Year's Eve. As was last New Year's Eve and countless Eves of the past and an indefinite more to come. This pattern will continue until we, as a species, come to recognize a year as nothing more than a blurry, furiously spinning pin-wheel -
Music
Hey, did you ever rock out with your c*** out? Really? Not even once, in college, after attempting a poorly thought-out keg stand and downing that pink concoction your friend Dave insisted was a real cocktail called a "Peruvian Nipple Slipper" but you knew that it wasn't but you drank
Stage
The quest for art at the new Olympia City Hall is becoming a soap opera. A year ago a jury of arts professionals chose a proposal by Seattle artist Dan Webb for 10 bronze sculptures meant to represent speaking bubbles like those used in comic strips. Called Thought Bubbles, each piece
Food Matters
OH THANK HEAVEN!: 7-Eleven will celebrate New Year's Day by offering customers a free small-size coffee from midnight to 6 a.m. NEW WINERY: Ray and Kristi Curtis have opened the Northwest Mountain Winery at 2825 Marvin Road N.E. in Olympia. They produce dry Riesling, Chardonnay, Syrah and Cab Franc, along with
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Tempest Lounge Tacoma - Upper Tacoma. Maurice The Fish Records Showcase. 21+. 7 pm. NC. Hannah's Bar & Grille Olympia - Downtown. Open Mic. 9 pm. NC. BLUES Charlie's Sports Bar and Grill Olympia - Downtown. Blues Jam with Blues Attitude. 21+. 9 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedy Open Mic
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC O'Blarney's Irish Pub Olympia - Eastside. Irish Sessions. Live traditional Irish music. 7:30 pm. NC. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Oly Songwriter Circle. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Open Mic Night. 9 pm. NC. BLUES Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Rafael Tranquilino rockin' blues jam
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Yenney Music Olympia - Westside. Kate Power and Steve Einhorn Uke & Song. All Ages. 7-8 pm ukuleles and instrument playalong 8-9 pm singalong. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Willoughby's Restaurant and Lounge Yelm. Bar Bingo. 21+. 7 pm. NC. The Mix Tacoma - Downtown. Barstool Bingo. Prizes! 21+. 9 pm. NC. Harmon Tap Room Tacoma -
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BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Blues Jam, hosted by Tim Hall. 21+. 8 pm. Tides Tavern Gig Harbor. Breakfast Jam, with Billy Farmer. All Ages. 9 am. NC. The Spar Tacoma - Old Town. Dana Lupinacci Band. 21+. 7 pm. City Hall Saloon and Eatery Enumclaw. Rockin' Blues Jam Session. Hosted
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC The Charleston Bremerton. New Year's Hangover Party, with Randall Kimball. All Ages. 7 pm. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Pleasure Coma, Thank You Darling. All Ages. 6-8 pm. $3. Paddy Coyne's Irish Pub Tacoma - Downtown. Traditional Irish Music Session. Leo MacNamara & guests. 21+. 7 pm. BLUES O'Malley's Irish Pub Tacoma - Sixth
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FIRST NIGHTDaytime: Free admission for First Night Button wearers to:• Tacoma Art Museum• WA State History Museum• Children’s Museum of Tacoma• Museum of GlassNightime: 6:15 pm - Midnight Adults $12,kids 7-17 $7, Family 2 adults and up to 4 kids $38. www.firstnighttacoma.org Main Stage Broadway between 9th & 11th, Tacoma. Jockomo
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Billy Stoops Acoustic Jam. 21+. 9 pm. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Hannah Mendenhall. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. Liquid Soul Coffee Roy. Open Mic. Hosted by David Wayne. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. BLUES The Junction Sports Bar and Grill Lewis County. Blues Jam. Hosted by Blues Attitude.
Reviews
Zato Bar & Grill Where: 20609 State Route 410 E., Bonney Lake, 253.288.9286Hours: 11:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, 11:30 a.m. to 1 a.m. Friday-SaturdayCuisine: American and Asian - steaks, burgers, seafood, appetizers, sushi, saladScene: Casual, nice. Family-friendly restaurant with loungeDrinkies: Full service bar, specialty cocktailsPrices: $4-$21 ANNOUNCER: Originally an Asian-focused
Music
It's a new week, which means it's time for a new installment of Bobble Tiki's South Sound music news and notes column. Without further ado, let's get rolling ... First and foremost, let it be known that Bobble Tiki never actually EARNS his keep or his paycheck here at the Weekly
Food Matters
Thursday, Dec. 23 $3 Thursdays: $3 beer, $3 wells, $3 for two hot dogs, 4 p.m. to close, Hell's Kitchen, 928 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, 253.759.6003. Wine tasting, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Abby's on Broadway: A Wine Shop, 743 Broadway, Tacoma, 253.262.2902. Half-price Wine Bottle Night with two appetizer purchases, Tides Tavern, 2925
Music
No matter how much you want to attribute egotism to the idea, it's a hell of a thing to perform in front of a crowd. Depending on how much of you you let show, something very special can happen. Thinking back on my year of attending live shows, one immediately